The Circus landed for the first time in its history in Saudi Arabia in Jeddah. Giancarlo Minardi presented the 21st round of the 2021 championship as follows: “Formula 1 has arrived in Saudi Arabia to give life to its first Formula 1 grand prix in history. 27 curves enclosed in 6.174 km with an average close to 250 km / h. Crazy numbers that contain several pitfalls in which it will be easy to make mistakes. Try not to go to the wall, it will be the challenge within the challenge. The safety car could be called upon to work overtime. Another big unknown factor is represented by the brand new asphalt, with Pirelli bringing the C2 – C3 – C4 compounds in addition to reliability. The butterfly will remain open for a maximum of 79% of the time. On paper, the track in Jeddah should smile at Mercedes, which will mount the PU already used in Brazil to try everything, trying to bring the title to Abu Dhabi. In these hours, at Red Bull-Honda they are deciding whether to opt for the change of the unit with the Japanese inclined for this option, precisely by virtue of the high speeds and the possibility of recovering positions. I don’t expect the title to be awarded this Sunday ”.
It is also inevitable for Minardi to remember a colleague of great prestige like Frank Williams: “It will be the first weekend without Sir. Frank Williams, who passed away on Sunday afternoon. He was an exceptional character, who knew how to get up after every adversity. Despite the success achieved and titles (both drivers and constructors) won during his extraordinary career, she remained an exquisite person ready to help and support small teams. I have been lucky enough to have him as a companion in many ‘battles’. There was mutual esteem between us ”.
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